This is a slightly humorous, but terrible (for me) story about a recent purchase I made on The Book Depository (TBD from now on). I love TBD, you can get so many great deals, and it’s a way of me getting some of the more beautiful editions of books, rather than being restricted by the … More I Experienced the Worst Thing a Book Lover Can.

It’s been almost a year since I wrote my last blog post. And I’m very sorry for that. I have missed writing on here very much and sharing my thoughts on books, but I have several reasons why this blog has been so inactive. Firstly, school has been insane. Since I last wrote, I did … More Update: Where I’ve Been & What I’ve Been Reading

My enjoyability of this series does increase for every book, although there were some issues I found with this one that I haven’t really found before. Writing quality: 4/5 Pacing: 4/5 Characters: 4/5 Enjoyability: 4.5/5 Ease of reading: 5/5 Thought-provoking: 4/5 Merit and originality: 3.5/5 Overall love: 12.5/15 83% DO NOT READ ON … More BR: Warleggan by Winston Graham

This was one of the most disappointing reads of this year for me, unfortunately! Writing quality: 3.5/5 Pacing: 3/5 Characters: 4/5 Enjoyability: 3/5 Ease of reading: 4/5 Thought-provoking: 2/5 Merit and originality: 3.5/5 Overall love: 6.5/15 59% DO NOT READ ON UNLESS YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK – SPOILER ALERT! This was supposed to … More BR: Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

“It is only the sacred things that are worth touching.” “Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older thy judge them; sometimes they forgive them.” “There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating – people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.” Writing … More BR: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

If you haven’t heard of this book, I don’t quite know how to adequately sum it up. It has been hyped a lot over the past year or so, and I was keen to get stuck into it! Writing quality: 4.5/5 Pacing: 5/5 Characters: 4.5/5 Enjoyability: 4/5 Ease of reading: 3.5/5 Thought-provoking: 2.5/5 Merit … More BR: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline